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单词 testee
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testeen.1

Etymology: Irregular formation < Latin testis witness, perhaps with ending -ee suffix1 as in trustee, etc.
Obsolete. rare.
A witness. Cf. teste n.2
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > a witness, testifier
witec900
witnessc950
witnessman10..
proofc1380
witnesserc1400
record1408
recorderc1425
test1528
testor1570
attestator1598
attester1598
testator1602
suffragator1606
testimoner1607
testifier1611
voucher1612
suffragant1613
testate1619
sponsor1651
testee1654
vouchee1654
adducer1681
testificator1730
circumstantiator1858
1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. vi. lxxvi No Murdrer be: Whorster: Theef: fals Testee [rhyme thee].
1682 R. Ware Foxes & Firebrands: Pt. II 23 in J. Nalson Foxes & Firebrands (new ed.) Three Testees were to wait on these Houses weekly, to take out what summs there were thrown in.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

testeen.2

/tɛˈstiː/
Etymology: < test v.2 + -ee suffix1.
One who is subjected to a test of his or her health, intelligence, knowledge, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > one who is tested
testee1932
1932 S. Duke-Elder Text-bk. Ophthalmol. I. xxv. 986 The fact that picking skeins of wool does not appeal to the average workman, while the reading of pseudochromatic diagrams requires a considerable amount of intelligence, has popularized the adoption of lantern tests wherein coloured glasses are illuminated and the testee is asked to name the colour and (sometimes) to match it with wools or some other coloured material.
1947 Sci. News 4 19 The main difficulty with such tests was that the tester was usually as intoxicated as the testee, and often forgot to press the spindle of his stopwatch, or to take proper notes.
1952 C. P. Blacker Eugenics: Galton & After 190 These gaps..make it all the more surprising that so little account was taken of the testee's subsequent services and achievements.
1964 M. Critchley Developmental Dyslexia vii. 50 The testee is required to detect which of the simple figures lies concealed or incorporated within the complex design.
1976 K. S. Bowers Hypnosis for Seriously Curious iii. 43 Even on the subset of questions for which the testee subjectively feels he is simply guessing, the likelihood is high that he will get more than 25% correct answers.
1983 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. 18 Gascoigne..said of his testees [on a quiz programme]: ‘They were far more argumentative in the 60s and 70s.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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